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Bridge
Bridge: A Novel of Suspense | Lauren Beukes
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In this reality-bending thriller from the author of The Shining Girls, a grieving daughters search for her mother becomes a journey across alternate realities. It was a game they played; the other worlds, the other lives. It was part of her moms grand delusions. It wasnt real. Unless it was Bridget Kittinger has always been paralyzed by choices. It has a lot to do with growing up in the long shadow of her mother, Jo, a troubled neuroscientist. Jos obsession with one mythical object, the dreamwormwhich she believed enabled travel to other worldsled to their estrangement. Now, suddenly, Jo is dead. And in packing up her home, Bridge finds a strange device buried deep in Jos freezer: the dreamworm. Against all odds, it actually can open the doorto all other realities, and to all other versions of herself, too. Could Bridge find who she should be in this world, by visiting the others? And could her Jo still be alive somewhere? But theres a sinister cost to trading places, and others hunting the dreamworm who would kill to get their hands on it . . . Across a thousand possible lives, from Portland to Haiti, from Argentina to the alligator-infested riverways of North Carolina, Bridge takes readers on a highly original thrill ride, pushing the boundaries of what we know about mothers and daughters, hunters and seekers, and who we each choose to be.
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Balibee146
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Next up on #kindle

Mixed reviews but it was only #99ponkindle and I'm curious

Cathythoughts I hope it‘s a good one 🤞🏻😁 8mo
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Bailedbailed

I expected this to be super weird (it is) only likely not my brand of weird (I was correct), but it was fun giving it a try. Also, go ahead and add Beukes to the list of non-American authors who has American characters saying “aircon.” We say AC people!

Ruthiella Yes. In her novel The Shining Girls she used the word “punter” in the British sense and it felt all wrong. 1y
Hooked_on_books @Ruthiella It pulls me right out of a story when an author uses the wrong slang. I wish the editors would fix it. 1y
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A grieving daughter‘s search for her mother becomes a journey across alternate realities in this dazzling new thriller from the author of The Shining Girls that is "sheer thrilling madness with a big, beating heart that reminds us we're all connected" (Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author).

#aardvarkbookclub #aardvarkbookbox #bridge #laurenbeukes #scifi #sciencefiction

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Mehso-so

I wanted to like this more than I did. It got unnecessarily complicated and difficult to follow. #GoodNotGreat

Bridge is devastated after her mother‘s death. But when she returns to pack up Mom‘s things, she finds out her mother may have jumped to another reality. As Bridge combs her notebooks and begins jumping realities to find her, a serial killer that can jump realities sets out eliminate Bridge from every universe. #aardvark

fredthemoose That‘s… quite a plot! 1y
Megabooks @fredthemoose that‘s not even the half of it with ancillary characters and alternate reality Bridges, killers, and yet more alternate reality ancillary characters…it was a lot. (edited) 1y
AudiobookingWithLeah This sounds a lot like The Shining Girls, also by this author. It too, was a lot to keep track of... 1y
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BarbaraBB Sounds bonkers (edited) 1y
Cinfhen I didn‘t care for Shining Girls so I wast interested in this one 🤷🏼‍♀️ I think I made the right call 😄 1y
Cinfhen Nice color match 🩷 1y
Megabooks @AudiobookingWithLeah @Cinfhen good to know about another book. I‘m not particularly inclined to read more. 1y
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I was going to skip AND THEN I saw that Grady Hendrix reviewed this book as "sheer thrilling madness with a big, beating heart that reminds us we're all connected" and I am IN!! #aardvark

Erinreadsthebooks I‘m leaning toward the same decision for that exact reason👏 1y
swishandflick I'll be interested to hear what you think of this one! 1y
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nitalibrarian
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I chose two books from #aardvark September picks, the strange science fiction and the romance.

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mdemanatee
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New month, new books
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